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Old 05-09-2014, 01:26 AM   #231
Araneae
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Originally Posted by Kreatorkind View Post
That's why there's more than one line of definition. And Tommy Lee and John Bonham lived and produced work in the exact same time period. They were both drummers in rock bands.
You still don't understand its meaning, and it really isn't open to some broad line of definition, especially not in this context (i.e. art). Art movements only last about a decade at most, and the artists that belong to each movement share similarities and familiarities. "Contemporaries of" has a heavy emphasis on each person being aware of each others existence, interacting with each other in some form, and somewhat feeding off of each other with their ideas (much like the 90s grunge/alternative movement); another key point here is that they all come from the same generation (i.e. they're similar in age). Tommy Lee was a pimply teenager when Bonham was setting the world on fire. Tommy Lee and Bonham did not know each other, Bonham surely didn't even know that Tommy Lee existed, and they certainly did not share any similar playing style, influences, or acquaintances. That's like saying that Bob Dylan and Tommy Lee are contemporaries of each other just because they happen to be alive at the same time after Tommy became famous.

 
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